A PRACTICAL GUIDE to using church land and property for affordable housing

Faith in Affordable Housing is a free web-based resource, giving practical and technical information to assist churches in providing affordable housing. The guide presents nine case studies from different denominations and from urban and rural areas.

'As President of Housing Justice I am delighted to commend this initiative to all faith communities who are seeking to respond to the needs of the homeless or poorly housed. In both urban and rural areas there is evidence of spiralling hardship which can lead to the loss of a basic requisite of human dignity – shelter. As people of faith we are called to address injustice in all its forms. This research presents a practical resource for those considering a preferential option for the poor in their mission to the wider community.'
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

Faith in affordable Housing

• demonstrates practical Christian concern and action in the community at a time when many young people and low-income families are experiencing great hardship
  
• gives practical help to churches by sharing good practice and showing what can be done
  
• provides solutions to some of the problems faced by churches wishing to develop affordable housing
  
• reconciles the dilemma faced by many churches – balancing social objectives such as valuing everyone, justice for the poor and placing morality before wealth with the pragmatic objectives of meeting the duties of trustees and maximising investment returns
  
• highlights options for the stewardship of church assets
  
• encourages churches to make the most of partnership opportunities
  
• provides sound advice and explains what action church property and finance personnel can take both to contribute to affordable housing and to benefit church and community.

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Housing Justice can help!

If you would like further help or advice about an affordable housing scheme using church land or property, please contact Alastair Murray at

HOUSING JUSTICE
209 Old Marylebone Road , London , NW1 5QT
Tel: 020 7723 7273 • Fax: 020 7723 5943
Email: info@housingjustice.org.uk

 
For all business concerning St Stephens I intend to use this address
church@maister-smith.fsnet.co.uk Please respond to this address and add / update all your email address lists.

Fishergate Baptist Challenge Competition

The deacons and members of Fishergate Baptist Church are looking for imaginative schemes which preserve a proportion of the space within the building for the church to continue and develop its work among the people of the city.

An open competition for developers and regeneration practitioners

Spring 2009

For full details download our brochure CLICK HERE

For more details see the website @ http://www.fishergatebaptist.org.uk

New Community Mission Website

Community Mission is a partnership between Livability & Tearfund. You can read about the Just People? course as well as our training events, resources & stories.

It's well worth a visit for resources... news of training events etc.

Visit our new website www.communitymission.org.uk

New Community Mission Web Site

Community Mission is a partnership between Livability & Tearfund. You can read about the Just People? course as well as our training events, resources & stories.

It's well worth a visit for resources... news of training events etc.

 

Visit our new website www.communitymission.org.uk 

 

St Stephens Preston Part Time children and family worker post: Recruiting Now

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO MARCH 1st

We are starting the process of appointing our part time worker. Could you help us advertise by circulating this around your networks. As you can see we have set ourselves a fairly tight schedule. Many thanks.

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ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH CHURCH,

Bird Street, Broadgate, Preston, PR1 8DY

Seeks to Appoint

A PART TIME (12hr per week initially)

Family & Children's Lay Worker

The overall purpose of the post is to develop the Christian outreach of St Stephens as a "Jesus Loving, Bible Living, People Serving Church" among children and their families living in the parish. This will include opportunities to share and teach the Christian faith in the context of community work in an urban parish.

The post is funded by external grants from Church Urban Fund, and The Church and Community Fund which allow us initially to appoint a person on a 12 hour per week contract for a fixed three year period. Further funding is currently being sought in order to enable us to increase the hours available to a maximum of 18 hours per week. Pay is at the rate of £9 per hour.

For a full job description and person specification, with some background information on the parish please contact the St Stephens Church via :

email… srankin@btinternet.com or phone……01772 824451 (after 6pm).

For an informal introduction to the church and look around the parish please contact the vicar….Rev Joe Fielder… vicarjoe@ststephenspreston.org.uk Tel, 01772 555762

Applications will be by CV and a letter explaining why you would like the post, how you meet the person specification, and what you would bring to the work.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 20^th February

Interviews with a panel of 4 people appointed by the PCC are likely to take place as mutually convenient (probably in the evening) during the last week of February or first week of March.

Greg Smith (on behalf og St Stephens Church)